St. Paul is willing to allow the present Jews testimony about such things as they could know, having themselves heard and seen them; which was what passed in the council when Paul was brought before it, Acts 23:1,9. The sense of a Deity was more quick upon men; and they might then be trusted under the security of an oath.
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Acts 24:20
20 Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,